Chapter 21. Key Manager service command-line client


The barbican client is the command-line interface (CLI) for the Key Manager service API and its extensions. This chapter documents barbican version 4.0.0.
For help on a specific barbican command, enter:
$ barbican help COMMAND
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21.1. barbican usage

usage: barbican [--version] [-v | -q] [--log-file LOG_FILE] [-h] [--debug] [--no-auth] [--os-identity-api-version <identity-api-version>] [--os-auth-url <auth-url>] [--os-username <auth-user-name>] [--os-user-id <auth-user-id>] [--os-password <auth-password>] [--os-user-domain-id <auth-user-domain-id>] [--os-user-domain-name <auth-user-domain-name>] [--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>] [--os-tenant-id <tenant-id>] [--os-project-id <auth-project-id>] [--os-project-name <auth-project-name>] [--os-project-domain-id <auth-project-domain-id>] [--os-project-domain-name <auth-project-domain-name>] [--os-auth-token <auth-token>] [--endpoint <barbican-url>] [--interface <barbican-interface>] [--service-type <barbican-service-type>] [--service-name <barbican-service-name>] [--region-name <barbican-region-name>] [--barbican-api-version <barbican-api-version>] [--insecure] [--os-cacert <ca-certificate>] [--os-cert <certificate>] [--os-key <key>] [--timeout <seconds>]
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21.2. barbican optional arguments

--version
show program's version number and exit
-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity of output. Can be repeated.
-q, --quiet
Suppress output except warnings and errors.
--log-file LOG_FILE
Specify a file to log output. Disabled by default.
-h, --help
Show help message and exit.
--debug
Show tracebacks on errors.
--no-auth, -N
Do not use authentication.
--os-identity-api-version <identity-api-version>
Specify Identity API version to use. Defaults to env[OS_IDENTITY_API_VERSION] or 3.
--os-auth-url <auth-url>, -A <auth-url>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].
--os-username <auth-user-name>, -U <auth-user-name>
Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].
--os-user-id <auth-user-id>
Defaults to env[OS_USER_ID].
--os-password <auth-password>, -P <auth-password>
Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].
--os-user-domain-id <auth-user-domain-id>
Defaults to env[OS_USER_DOMAIN_ID].
--os-user-domain-name <auth-user-domain-name>
Defaults to env[OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME].
--os-tenant-name <auth-tenant-name>, -T <auth-tenant-name>
Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME].
--os-tenant-id <tenant-id>, -I <tenant-id>
Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_ID].
--os-project-id <auth-project-id>
Another way to specify tenant ID. This option is mutually exclusive with --os-tenant-id. Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_ID].
--os-project-name <auth-project-name>
Another way to specify tenant name. This option is mutually exclusive with --os-tenant-name. Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_NAME].
--os-project-domain-id <auth-project-domain-id>
Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_ID].
--os-project-domain-name <auth-project-domain-name>
Defaults to env[OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME].
--os-auth-token <auth-token>
Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_TOKEN].
--endpoint <barbican-url>, -E <barbican-url>
Defaults to env[BARBICAN_ENDPOINT].
--interface <barbican-interface>
Defaults to env[BARBICAN_INTERFACE].
--service-type <barbican-service-type>
Defaults to env[BARBICAN_SERVICE_TYPE].
--service-name <barbican-service-name>
Defaults to env[BARBICAN_SERVICE_NAME].
--region-name <barbican-region-name>
Defaults to env[BARBICAN_REGION_NAME].
--barbican-api-version <barbican-api-version>
Defaults to env[BARBICAN_API_VERSION].
--insecure
Explicitly allow client to perform "insecure" TLS (https) requests. The server's certificate will not be verified against any certificate authorities. This option should be used with caution.
--os-cacert <ca-certificate>
Specify a CA bundle file to use in verifying a TLS (https) server certificate. Defaults to env[OS_CACERT].
--os-cert <certificate>
Defaults to env[OS_CERT].
--os-key <key>
Defaults to env[OS_KEY].
--timeout <seconds>
Set request timeout (in seconds).

21.3. barbican acl delete

usage: barbican acl delete [-h] URI
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Delete ACLs for a secret or container as identified by its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret or container.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.4. barbican acl get

usage: barbican acl get [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] URI
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Retrieve ACLs for a secret or container by providing its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret or container.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.5. barbican acl submit

usage: barbican acl submit [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--user [USERS]] [--project-access | --no-project-access] [--operation-type {read}] URI
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Submit ACL on a secret or container as identified by its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret or container.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--user [USERS], -u [USERS]
Keystone userid(s) for ACL.
--project-access
Flag to enable project access behavior.
--no-project-access
Flag to disable project access behavior.
--operation-type {read}, -o {read}
Type of Barbican operation ACL is set for

21.6. barbican acl user add

usage: barbican acl user add [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--user [USERS]] [--project-access | --no-project-access] [--operation-type {read}] URI
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Add ACL users to a secret or container as identified by its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret or container.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--user [USERS], -u [USERS]
Keystone userid(s) for ACL.
--project-access
Flag to enable project access behavior.
--no-project-access
Flag to disable project access behavior.
--operation-type {read}, -o {read}
Type of Barbican operation ACL is set for

21.7. barbican acl user remove

usage: barbican acl user remove [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--user [USERS]] [--project-access | --no-project-access] [--operation-type {read}] URI
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Remove ACL users from a secret or container as identified by its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret or container.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--user [USERS], -u [USERS]
Keystone userid(s) for ACL.
--project-access
Flag to enable project access behavior.
--no-project-access
Flag to disable project access behavior.
--operation-type {read}, -o {read}
Type of Barbican operation ACL is set for

21.8. barbican ca get

usage: barbican ca get [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] URI
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Retrieve a CA by providing its URI.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the CA.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.9. barbican ca list

usage: barbican ca list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--limit LIMIT] [--offset OFFSET] [--name NAME]
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List cas.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--limit LIMIT, -l LIMIT
specify the limit to the number of items to list per page (default: 10; maximum: 100)
--offset OFFSET, -o OFFSET
specify the page offset (default: 0)
--name NAME, -n NAME
specify the secret name (default: None)

21.10. barbican secret container create

usage: barbican secret container create [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] [--name NAME] [--type TYPE] [--secret SECRET]
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Store a container in Barbican.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--name NAME, -n NAME
a human-friendly name.
--type TYPE
type of container to create (default: generic).
--secret SECRET, -s SECRET
one secret to store in a container (can be set multiple times). Example: --secret "private_key=https://url.test/v1/secrets/1-2-3-4"

21.11. barbican secret container delete

usage: barbican secret container delete [-h] URI
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Delete a container by providing its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the container

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.12. barbican secret container get

usage: barbican secret container get [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] URI
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Retrieve a container by providing its URI.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the container.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.13. barbican secret container list

usage: barbican secret container list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--limit LIMIT] [--offset OFFSET] [--name NAME] [--type TYPE]
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List containers.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--limit LIMIT, -l LIMIT
specify the limit to the number of items to list per page (default: 10; maximum: 100)
--offset OFFSET, -o OFFSET
specify the page offset (default: 0)
--name NAME, -n NAME
specify the container name (default: None)
--type TYPE, -t TYPE
specify the type filter for the list (default: None).

21.14. barbican secret delete

usage: barbican secret delete [-h] URI
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Delete a secret by providing its URI.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.15. barbican secret get

usage: barbican secret get [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] [--decrypt] [--payload] [--payload_content_type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE] URI
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Retrieve a secret by providing its URI.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--decrypt, -d
if specified, retrieve the unencrypted secret data; the data type can be specified with --payload-content- type.
--payload, -p
if specified, retrieve the unencrypted secret data; the data type can be specified with --payload-content- type. If the user wishes to only retrieve the value of the payload they must add "-f value" to format returning only the value of the payload
--payload_content_type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE, -t PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE
the content type of the decrypted secret (default: text/plain.

21.16. barbican secret list

usage: barbican secret list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--limit LIMIT] [--offset OFFSET] [--name NAME] [--algorithm ALGORITHM] [--bit-length BIT_LENGTH] [--mode MODE]
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List secrets.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--limit LIMIT, -l LIMIT
specify the limit to the number of items to list per page (default: 10; maximum: 100)
--offset OFFSET, -o OFFSET
specify the page offset (default: 0)
--name NAME, -n NAME
specify the secret name (default: None)
--algorithm ALGORITHM, -a ALGORITHM
the algorithm filter for the list(default: None).
--bit-length BIT_LENGTH, -b BIT_LENGTH
the bit length filter for the list (default: 0).
--mode MODE, -m MODE
the algorithm mode filter for the list (default: None).

21.17. barbican secret order create

usage: barbican secret order create [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] [--name NAME] [--algorithm ALGORITHM] [--bit-length BIT_LENGTH] [--mode MODE] [--payload-content-type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE] [--expiration EXPIRATION] [--request-type REQUEST_TYPE] [--subject-dn SUBJECT_DN] [--source-container-ref SOURCE_CONTAINER_REF] [--ca-id CA_ID] [--profile PROFILE] [--request-file REQUEST_FILE] type
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Create a new order.

Positional arguments

type
the type of the order to create.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--name NAME, -n NAME
a human-friendly name.
--algorithm ALGORITHM, -a ALGORITHM
the algorithm to be used with the requested key (default: aes).
--bit-length BIT_LENGTH, -b BIT_LENGTH
the bit length of the requested secret key (default: 256).
--mode MODE, -m MODE
the algorithm mode to be used with the requested key (default: cbc).
--payload-content-type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE, -t PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE
the type/format of the secret to be generated (default: application/octet-stream).
--expiration EXPIRATION, -x EXPIRATION
the expiration time for the secret in ISO 8601 format.
--request-type REQUEST_TYPE
the type of the certificate request.
--subject-dn SUBJECT_DN
the subject of the certificate.
--source-container-ref SOURCE_CONTAINER_REF
the source of the certificate when using stored-key requests.
--ca-id CA_ID
the identifier of the CA to use for the certificate request.
--profile PROFILE
the profile of certificate to use.
--request-file REQUEST_FILE
the file containing the CSR.

21.18. barbican secret order delete

usage: barbican secret order delete [-h] URI
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Delete an order by providing its href.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the order

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.19. barbican secret order get

usage: barbican secret order get [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] URI
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Retrieve an order by providing its URI.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference order.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

21.20. barbican secret order list

usage: barbican secret order list [-h] [-f {csv,html,json,json,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--quote {all,minimal,none,nonnumeric}] [--limit LIMIT] [--offset OFFSET]
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List orders.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--limit LIMIT, -l LIMIT
specify the limit to the number of items to list per page (default: 10; maximum: 100)
--offset OFFSET, -o OFFSET
specify the page offset (default: 0)

21.21. barbican secret store

usage: barbican secret store [-h] [-f {html,json,json,shell,table,value,yaml,yaml}] [-c COLUMN] [--max-width <integer>] [--noindent] [--prefix PREFIX] [--name NAME] [--payload PAYLOAD] [--secret-type SECRET_TYPE] [--payload-content-type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE] [--payload-content-encoding PAYLOAD_CONTENT_ENCODING] [--algorithm ALGORITHM] [--bit-length BIT_LENGTH] [--mode MODE] [--expiration EXPIRATION]
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Store a secret in Barbican.

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--name NAME, -n NAME
a human-friendly name.
--payload PAYLOAD, -p PAYLOAD
the unencrypted secret; if provided, you must also provide a payload_content_type
--secret-type SECRET_TYPE, -s SECRET_TYPE
the secret type; must be one of symmetric, public, private, certificate, passphrase, opaque (default)
--payload-content-type PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE, -t PAYLOAD_CONTENT_TYPE
the type/format of the provided secret data; "text/plain" is assumed to be UTF-8; required when --payload is supplied.
--payload-content-encoding PAYLOAD_CONTENT_ENCODING, -e PAYLOAD_CONTENT_ENCODING
required if --payload-content-type is "application /octet-stream".
--algorithm ALGORITHM, -a ALGORITHM
the algorithm (default: aes).
--bit-length BIT_LENGTH, -b BIT_LENGTH
the bit length (default: 256).
--mode MODE, -m MODE
the algorithm mode; used only for reference (default: cbc)
--expiration EXPIRATION, -x EXPIRATION
the expiration time for the secret in ISO 8601 format.

21.22. barbican secret update

usage: barbican secret update [-h] URI payload
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Update a secret with no payload in Barbican.

Positional arguments

URI
The URI reference for the secret.
payload
the unencrypted secret

Optional arguments

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
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